Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20429961›Full record

ArticleCritical care (London, England)2010

A novel effect of eicosapentaenoic acid: improved diaphragm strength in endotoxemia.

Philip C Calder

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Article in Critical care (London, England), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Philip C CalderSchool of Medicine, University of Southampton, IDS Building, MP887 Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK. pcc@soton.ac.uk
University of Southampton · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory muscle weakness is commonplace in critically ill patients, impairing the ability of those patients to breath, prolonging the need for ventilatory support, and increasing the likelihood of respiratory failure when that support is removed. Infections and endotoxemia reduce respiratory muscle strength, probably acting through several mechanisms. It is reported that the omega-3 fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) attenuates the loss in diaphragm specific force generation (that is, diaphragm strength) induced by bacterial endotoxin treatment in rats. EPA is found in fish oils. EPA reduces calpain activation, suggesting a specific effect on this proteolytic pathway. It will be important to identify whether this effect occurs in patients receiving EPA.

Indexed as

AnimalsDiaphragmEicosapentaenoic AcidEndotoxemiaMuscle StrengthEicosapentaenoic Acid

Identifiers

PMID20429961
PMCPMC2887176
OpenAlexW2088428266

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